Isabel Cueto

Isabel Cueto (born 3 December 1968) is a retired professional tennis player from Germany. Her career-high ranking was No. 20, which she achieved in 1989.

Early life Isabel Cueto was born in Kehl to her father, Toni, an electrical engineer who had immigrated from Bolivia, and her mother, Jutta, a German. She grew up in Aspach and attended school in Backnang.

Career In 1984, Cueto became the youngest German national champion, winning the final against Elke Renz.

Cueto won a total of six titles on the main WTA Tour over the course of her career; five in singles, one in doubles. She also won four titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She progressed to the third round at the French Open (1985, 1990) and the US Open (1987, 1988), her best finishes at Grand Slam events.

She represented the Germany Fed Cup team four times from 1988 to 1990, playing all four matches in doubles ties. Her win–loss record was 3–1.

After tennis Cueto trained for a teaching career at the Ludwigsburg University of Education and teaches at the Matern-Feuerbacher Realschule in Großbottwar. She married Oliver Baumann, and they have two children, Ines and Eric.

WTA finals Singles (5–3) Legend WTA Championships Tier I Tier II Tier III Tier IV-V

Doubles (1–0) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Sep 1986 Athens, Greece Clay Arantxa Sánchez Silke Meier Wiltrud Probst 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

ITF finals Singles (4–2) Legend$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 8 October 1984 Valencia, Spain Clay Michelle Garth 6–2, 7–5Loss 2. 22 October 1984 Eilat, Israel Hard Gabriela Dinu 6–4, 5–7, 2–6Win 3. 3 July 1989 Vaihingen, West Germany Clay Silke Frankl 6–1, 6–1Win 4. 4 March 1991 Granada, Spain Clay Li Fang 6–3, 6–3Win 5. 30 March 1992 Moncalier, Italy Clay Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–3, 6–2Loss 6. 11 July 1993 Erlangen, Germany Clay Anna Smashnova 3–6, 1–6